Trump has promised tariff ‘liberation day’. Americans aren’t so sure

President Donald Trump has called it “liberation day” — when global commerce will finally start to rebalance and the US will no longer be mistreated by its trading partners.

But much of America is looking at April 2 — when Trump will set high new tariff rates on imports from a wide range of allies and adversaries — with trepidation.

Trump’s sweeping levies will take American protectionism to a level not seen since the second world war. They have been preceded by a sell-off in US…